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Is Barcelona the best city to visit in the world?

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January 21st 2008
Just before we left the UK we saw a program by travel journalists counting down the 20 best cities in the world and Barcelona topped the list... so we were pretty interested to see just what all the fuss was about. It was time to say goodbye to Cardiff, our home for the past 8 months, and she saw us off with the typical weather for this time of year, cold and rainy. We had a bit of a scare whe ... read more

Europe » Spain » Catalonia » Barcelona

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Spain's powerful world empire of the 16th and 17th centuries ultimately yielded command of the seas to England. Subsequent failure to embrace the mercantile and industrial revolutions caused the country to fall behind Britain, France, and Germany in ... ... read more